We sat in eager anticipation, not really minding the discomfort, because it was a big day. Graduation day. Each of the graduations are a...

Some days make all the trials fade to nothing.  Some days are worth it all. Like Sundays when we have baptism. We had that joy recently....

I shoved the last book into the bookcase with a sigh of satisfaction. Empty boxes and packing paper still littered the tiny living room,...

The boy’s brown eyes lit up and a smile broke across his grubby face. The stuffed toys we brought were unceremoniously A ladies’ group...

I plopped down on the chair and looked at the clock.  Only 7:30 in the evening.  I sighed.  I’m not quite old enough to go to bed at...

The truck shuddered and slipped sideways on the slick clay. With a bang it slammed into the side of the mountain. We all gasped and clung...

Running sores dotted the baby’s legs and he looked lethargic and ill. That’s not what concerned the mom, though. Moses translated, “He...

I grabbed my stomach and groaned. “I have diarrhea and vomiting,” I bellowed. “I have diarrhea and vomiting,” the crowd of men shouted...

“Paul, please don’t do it,” I begged. “There’s no other way,” he insisted as he put the shaky ladder on top of the patio table. “Let...

I slid into the car and took a deep breath. I had a complicated message to give in Thai to the Grab driver. Grab took over from Uber here...

We clutched our thin raincoats around us and shivered in the cold wind. The kids had an unexpected day off so we had traveled to Doi...

“I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call...

I pawed through the drawer with desperate haste. Where did I put the candles? I had a one-shaped candle and a four-shaped one put back in...

The dragonfly-sized bug fluttered near the desk lamp, it’s stiff wings rustling as it buzzed near the light. With lightening-quick hands,...

On second thought, she pulled it back and looked at it doubtfully.  Then she smiled, pulled off the doll’s head and handed me the...

They call it the Twilight Zone — or at least, I call it that. The place where you feel suspended between cultures and time zones. Neither...

The icy wind whipped the tent surrounding the open grave into billows and slapped the mourners standing nearby with aching chills to...

Late! I stumbled out of bed and began throwing on my clothes. The rice won’t be done in time, I thought frantically. They won’t eat...

“Tomorrow where you go?” Danny asked. “Say it correctly, please,” I answered. He paused, his thick black eyebrows drawn together in...

I awkwardly folded my legs under me on the bamboo floor. Definitely should have picked a fuller skirt to wear today. It was December 25,...